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feb 8, 1968 - Orangeburg Massacre

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Around 200 African Americans , many being young college students, protested the racial segregation of a bowling alley in a demonstration on South Carolina State University's campus. Police officers fired into the crowd and killed three protesters while injuring 27 others

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feb 8, 1968
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~ 57 years ago